American Refrigerator Transit Company
The American Refrigerator Transit Company (ART) was a St. Louis, Missouri-based private refrigerator car line established in 1881 by the Missouri Pacific and Wabash railroads. It is now a subsidiary of the Union Pacific Corporation.[1]
American Refrigerator Transit Company, 1900–1970:
1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 |
1,500 | — | 3,000* | 12,500* | 13,000* | 11,457 | 9,670 | 6,158 |
*estimated.
Source: The Great Yellow Fleet, p. 16.
References
- ^ Class I Railroad Annual Report R-1: Union Pacific Railroad Company to the Surface Transportation Board for the Year Ending Dec. 31, 2007
- Green, Gene (2005) "Refrigerator Car Color Guide", Morning Sun Books, Scotch Plains, NJ. ISBN 1-58248-165-2.
- White, John W. (1986). The Great Yellow Fleet. Golden West Books, San Marino, CA. ISBN 0-87095-091-6.
- White, John H. Jr. (1993). The American Railroad Freight Car: From the Wood-Car Era to the Coming of Steel. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-4404-5. OCLC 26130632.
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Major private refrigerator car lines of the United States
- American Refrigerator Transit Co.
- Armour Refrigerator Line
- Burlington Refrigerator Express
- Fruit Growers Express
- General American Transportation Corporation
- Hormel and Co.
- Merchants Despatch
- North Western Refrigerator Line
- Pacific Fruit Express
- Railway Express Agency
- Santa Fe Refrigerator Despatch
- St. Louis Refrigerator Car Co.
- Swift Refrigerator Line
- Tropicana Products
- Union Refrigerator Transit Line
- Western Fruit Express
- Western Refrigerator Line
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